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Kolkata, April 2 – As many as 14 Bangladeshi infiltrators were arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on the North-East Express train bound for New Delhi.The arrests were made late Wednesday night at the Jalpaiguri Road Station. Of the 14...

New Delhi, March 25 Members of Parliament from various opposition parties on Wednesday demanded in the Rajya Sabha that the transgender persons amendment bill should be sent to a parliamentary committee and various stakeholders, including transgender people, should be consulted.They said that...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 The Kerala government has decided to acquire 230 acres of land, at a cost of approximately Rs 810 crore, for development activities related to the Vizhinjam International seaport.The decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan...

New Delhi, March 13 A bill seeking to provide a precise definition of the term "transgender" and exclude "different sexual orientations and self-perceived sexual identities" from the ambit of the proposed law was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.The bill also provides for graded...

New Delhi, March 13 – The Delhi Police apprehended three robbers, including one juvenile in conflict with the law (CCL), within minutes of a robbery incident on Friday and recovered the stolen property, including the scooter used in the crime.The accused have been identified as Nitesh (24) and...

Shillong, March 12 Meghalaya's BJP unit said on Thursday that no infiltrator should be allowed to contest any election across the country, including the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council elections, asserting that the body was created to safeguard the rights of indigenous communities.The...

Kolkata, February 28 – The West Bengal BJP on Saturday claimed that more names would have been removed from the state’s electoral rolls if the Election Commission of India (ECI) had been given full freedom to conduct the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.Reacting to the publication of...

New Delhi, February 28 The Delhi Police said on Saturday that they have apprehended three Bangladeshi nationals from the Adarsh Nagar area for illegally staying in the country and have initiated deportation proceedings.The action was carried out on Wednesday following surveillance and...

Kolkata, February 23 – The adjudication of voter documents identified under the "logical discrepancy" category by judicial officers, as directed by the Supreme Court last week, will begin on Monday.The process is expected to start after 11 a.m., and according to the Supreme Court's directive...

Kolkata, February 22 Judicial officers appointed to adjudicate claims and objections arising from the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal will be required to accept only the 13 identity documents specified by the Election Commission of India...

New Delhi, February 22 – In a major counter-terrorism operation spanning three states, the Delhi Police has dismantled a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module comprising eight operatives, including seven Bangladeshi nationals who had illegally entered India and obtained forged identity documents, an...

Kolkata, February 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) clarified on Monday that financial assistance sanction letters issued under various central and state housing finance schemes of the West Bengal government would not be considered valid identity documents during the ongoing Special...

Kolkata, February 15 – Following the conclusion of the hearing session on claims and objections to the draft voter list in West Bengal, and with the scrutiny of supporting identity documents scheduled to continue until February 21, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has identified five...